I need server transfer now!

[Camate]

Greetings, everyone!

As mentioned previously, the World Transfer Service is scheduled to begin soon and Yoshi-P has organized a bit of information about this before the official announcement is made.

FFXIV: ARR Producer and Director Yoshida here.

I would like to start off by apologizing for the login and character creation restrictions due to the heavy congestion during the two weeks following the launch of FFXIV: ARR. Twice now we've enhanced existing servers and introduced new servers, and with the upcoming additions that will be made starting in the middle of this month and finishing up at the end, we will have developed our expanded infrastructure to properly meet our operation needs.

As a result of players experiencing problems following the character creation restrictions, we have been working hard to introduce the World Transfer Service.

• You picked a World because you liked the name, but character creation was closed when you tried to create a character.
• You wanted to play with your real life friends, but were unable to create a character on their World.
• You created a character on a World that is often congested and were often met with login restrictions.

Before you all read the official announcement, I've organized an outline of the World Transfer Service describing what it is, the benefits, risks, and case by case scenarios, so if you are thinking about using the World Transfer Service or plan on using it, please be sure to read on.

• What is the World Transfer Service?

  Simply put, the World Transfer Service is a service that will allow you to move from your current World to another World of your choice. Normally this is a fee-based service; however, as an apology to players for the aforementioned issues, we will be offering this service free for the first five days.
  
  However, please be aware of the below.
  

  • A single transfer is a one to one transfer from your original World to a single destination World.
  • If it's a single destination, you can transfer up to eight characters at once.
  • In the event you would like to move character #1 to World A, and character #2 to World B or C, you will have to perform two world transfers.
  • In order to transfer, the below requirements need to be fulfilled:
    → You cannot belong to a Free Company (If you do belong to one, please leave the Free Company).
    → Make sure the character you wish to transfer is logged out.
    → Make sure there are no items being sold on the market boards.
    → There will be a limitation on the maximum amount of gil you can bring into the destination World.

  Additional details on the rules and restrictions will be explained in the official announcement.
  
  Furthermore, it will be possible to move from a new World to a new World, a Legacy World to a Legacy World, and a new World to a Legacy World. In the future, we will look at economic conditions on new Worlds and plan on making it possible to transfer from Legacy Worlds to new Worlds; however, this option will not be available at the start of the World Transfer Service. We appreciate your understanding.
  

• What are the benefits of transferring Worlds?

  One of the biggest reasons that people use World transfers is so that they can meet up with their friends and play together.
  
  The largest benefits being that you can adventure with your friends, or meet up with the people you've become friends with via the Duty Finder, and of course play with the people you want to play with.
  
  The service also gives you the ability to move to the World that features the name that you really like.
  

• What are the risks of transferring Worlds?

  There really aren't any negatives to transferring, but there are a couple of risks, which I would like to go over.
  
  Risk of having to rename your character
  One risk of transferring is that there may be a character on the destination World with the same name as you. In this case, the name priority is given to the person who is originally from that World.
  If you try to move your character to this World, you will be asked to change your name. Applying for the World Transfer Service will be performed from the Mog Station. When applying, the system will check whether there is a character residing on the destination World with the same name. However, there may be cases where a character with the same name is created on the destination World a second sooner than when you are transferred, and while this might be extremely rare, please understand that we cannot guarantee anything.
  
  Risk of congestion
  In the event that you use the World Transfer Service and the destination World is one with a large population, login restrictions may be enacted during each region's peak time, which falls between 9 p.m. to midnight. While we have raised the amount of players that can simultaneously play on each World to 8,000, if this number is exceeded, we may impose login restrictions to prioritize World stability. In the event you wish to transfer to a heavily populated World, please understand this risk. Currently the following Worlds are heavily populated:
  
  

  Japan Data Center	NA/EU Data Center
  Alexander	Behemoth
  Anima	Cactuar
  Atomos	Excalibur(LEGACY)
  Carbuncle	Hyperion(LEGACY)
  Fenrir	Moogle(EU)
  Garuda	Ultros
  Ifrit
  Ramuh
  Tiamat
  Titan

  
  Please keep this in mind if you're thinking about transferring to one of the above Worlds. Also, if you and your friends plan on congregating on a specific World, it would be best to avoid the above in order to have a stable play environment.
  
  Risk of gil loss
  When transferring Worlds, in the event the destination World is a new World, in order to prevent the transportation of RMT gil, there will be limitations on the amount of gil that you can bring to the destination World. This is a critical specification in order to protect the economic conditions on each World, so before transferring, please keep this in mind. In the event you transfer Worlds and you exceed the gil limit, the amount that exceeds the limit will be lost.
  
  Risk of a period where you cannot log in
  It's difficult for us to predict the amount of people that will be applying for a transfer during the free period. You will need to be logged out for the transfer to occur and we will be transferring characters in the order that was requested. In the event that there are a large amount of applications then there is the possibility that you will not be able to log in for a couple of days. We will keep an eye on the congestion and make announcements regarding this, but in the worst case scenario, please understand that you may not be able to log in for a couple of days until the transfer has been completed.

• Warning if you are transferring to a specific World because you like the name

  Due to the character creation restrictions that were imposed after the official launch of service, there may be cases where you really wanted to play on Chocobo, but made a character on a different server. By using the World Transfer Service, you will be able to move to the World of your choice. However, as I mentioned above, in the event that the destination World is heavily populated, there is a possibility that login restrictions will be imposed during peak times. Please carefully consider this when making your decision.
  

• Warning if you are moving to a World with multiple friends

  In the event you have four friends who had to make characters on four separate Worlds, you can use the World Transfer Service to all meet up on a single World. However, please make sure that the destination World is not overpopulated for all of you. Transferring with multiple people will affect the population, so we recommend selecting a World that has a comparatively lower population so that peak times are stable.
  
  

  Japan Data Center	NA/EU Data Center
  Asura	Coeurl
  Belias	Brynhildr
  Pandaemonium	Faerie
  Unicorn	Famfrit
  Yojimbo	Goblin
  Zeromus	Lamia
  	Lich(EU)
  	Malboro
  	Mateus
  	Siren
  	Zalera

  
  The above Worlds have a good amount of room, even during peak times, and are also a good destination for those who are just starting FFXIV: ARR. These are great choices for those of you wishing to transfer with multiple people, so please consider these.
  

I apologize that there were those of you who were unable to select the World of your choice due to character creation restrictions. We will be announcing details and rules for the World Transfer Service in the coming days.

Thank you so much for your continued support for FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn.

[Mychael]

Greetings, everyone!

As mentioned previously, the World Transfer Service is scheduled to begin soon and Yoshi-P has organized a bit of information about this before the official announcement is made.

Woot!

Just curious, will we have to re-hire our retainers (like from 1.0 characters) if they duplicate names?

[Elegance]

Woot!

Just curious, will we have to re-hire our retainers (like from 1.0 characters) if they duplicate names?

I'd hope they have something planned, since they didn't say we couldn't have items on the retainers, just none listed on the market boards.

[Mychael]

I'd hope they have something planned, since they didn't say we couldn't have items on the retainers, just none listed on the market boards.

I had to re-hire and re-name them, but they kept items. I assume they'll do the same thing, I'm just secretly sad I'll have to rename my retainers...not that anyone will ever actually get to see their names. (*crosses fingers for having them in player housing*)

[Elegance]

I had to re-hire and re-name them, but they kept items. I assume they'll do the same thing, I'm just secretly sad I'll have to rename my retainers...not that anyone will ever actually get to see their names. (*crosses fingers for having them in player housing*)

Ah alrighty, yea that would be nice, for people to see my retainers running about once we get our houses eventually :P

[marcus1315]

They better make more legacy servers!!!!! cause there all the same so what benefit are we getting after years of service. How about lock us in a shitty ass world full of WOW players who finally found another game easy enough for them. I have to have 6 friends transfer to me and lose their friends because I... 1 character cannot transfer to them. Shameful... SE I would have started a character with my friends at the beginning had I known. The game is only decent to begin with that's why I wanted my friends with me.


P.S. you all ?!*#!?* suck and I am the greatest!

[HaloAvon]

This sucks! I accidentally got put onto an EU Legacy server when I was able to transfer worlds from 1.0 to 2.0. I swear to god it never said it was EU, and now I'm suckered for their own fault. The fact that I can't play with my friends, let alone the horrible lag, is enough to make me "actually" post. I don't care if NONE of my gil gets transferred, I just want to play. I'll be DOUBLY pissed if, when they do allow us to transfer, I still have to PAY for it.

[WalterWhite]

This sucks! I accidentally got put onto an EU Legacy server when I was able to transfer worlds from 1.0 to 2.0. I swear to god it never said it was EU, and now I'm suckered for their own fault. The fact that I can't play with my friends, let alone the horrible lag, is enough to make me "actually" post. I don't care if NONE of my gil gets transferred, I just want to play. I'll be DOUBLY pissed if, when they do allow us to transfer, I still have to PAY for it. :

Comments like these truly make me laugh. You seriously expect people (and SE) to believe that it was "Square Enix's fault" that you got put into a EU server? Seriously? Wow. I guess out of the hundreds of thousands of people playing for some reason your game did not display the letters EU near the server. Give me a break. Don't blame SE for your stupidity. Face it, you're screwed and it's of your own accord. Makes me laugh how people complain to SE when they screwed themselves. No one cares that you're "doubly pissed", you should be pissed at yourself and no one else...

Keep whining and complaining though, totally gonna get SE to give you your transfer. Sike.

[chris_animeguy]

Face it, you're screwed and it's of your own accord. Makes me laugh how people complain to SE when they screwed themselves. No one cares that you're "doubly pissed", you should be pissed at yourself and no one else...

WalterWhite=Douchebag.

I came back to the game at launch for early access, and by that point, the damage had already been done. SE had stuck my 1.0 character on a random JAP Aegis server, even though I am clearly an EU player, signing on from an EU region, and there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it.

That wasn't my stupidity. It's SE's. Plain and simple. I didn't screw myself. I re-installed FFXIV, and FOUND my character on Aegis. Already done.
Before you say we had the opportunity to World Transfer during the early beta stages', I was neither around nor aware that this was happening at the time.

[chris_animeguy]

What the friekin hell Yoshida?
What POSSIBLE reason could be given for the decision not to let 1.0 characters move to non-legacy servers? The split is now largely redundant, as there are many multiple-Lv50-job levelled characters on non-legacy servers.

I for one am a 1.0 player stuck on a legacy server. My character has much lower job levels than most of my friends who are on a non-legacy server. This decision just boggles my mind.

Please could someone shed some light for me on why this decision has been made? It is extremely disappointing, because it means I STILL cannot play with my friends. It is unfair to ask a whole LS to world transfer to a legacy server just for me, so I’m left with only one option to go to them. At the moment I’m totally stuck on my own.

EDIT: The only good thing is that I'll finally be able to get off the random JAP Aegis server that SE dumped my character on for some reason. I'm an EU player dumbasses! Oh, and whats with the bullcrap about Aegis not being a highly populated world? On a Saturday or Sunday morning I sometimes STILL have to wait 2+ hours to log on because the world is full.

EDIT: Wait... won't moving from Aegis to an EU/NA server use up my free transfer? So... i'm gonna be forced to pay for my move to the server with my friends on it when they finally allow unrestricted movement?